Police in Seattle dismantle anti-Shell protest tent
Police in Seattle dismantle anti-Shell protest tent
SEATTLE | BY ERIC M. JOHNSON: Mon Jun 8, 2015
Police dismantled a tent on Monday used as a staging area for protests in Seattle over Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s use of the city’s port as a home base for a drilling rig that could depart this week for the Arctic.
Over the last month, activists have staged demonstrations against the oil company’s Arctic drilling plans, including on May 16 when hundreds of protesters in kayaks and small boats fanned out on a Seattle bay.
Seattle police dismantled but did not seize the 16-foot (5-meter) by 32-foot (10-meter) logistics tent central to organizing the launch of a planned rig-stopping flotilla, said Backbone Campaign Executive Director Bill Moyer.
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